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FIW: Elected head of government
Freedom House
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193 countries · 2013–2024
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1
Barbados
4
2
Finland
4
3
Grenada
4
4
Italy
4
5
Jamaica
4
6
Denmark
4
7
Dominica
4
8
Japan
4
9
Kiribati
4
10
Germany
4
11
Korea, Rep.
4
12
Cyprus
4
13
Portugal
4
14
Seychelles
4
15
Liberia
4
16
Antigua and Barbuda
4
17
St. Lucia
4
18
Costa Rica
4
19
Cabo Verde
4
20
Sweden
4
21
Lesotho
4
22
Romania
4
23
Lithuania
4
24
Ukraine
4
25
Colombia
4
26
Luxembourg
4
27
Latvia
4
28
El Salvador
4
29
Slovenia
4
30
Australia
4
31
Moldova
4
32
Slovak Republic
4
33
Uruguay
4
34
Austria
4
35
Marshall Islands
4
36
Suriname
4
37
Chile
4
38
Panama
4
39
Malta
4
40
Switzerland
4
41
Sao Tome and Principe
4
42
Canada
4
43
Mongolia
4
44
Bulgaria
4
45
Belgium
4
46
Mauritius
4
47
Namibia
4
48
Greece
4
49
Netherlands
4
50
Norway
4
51
San Marino
4
52
Bolivia
4
53
Nepal
4
54
Belize
4
55
Naoero
4
56
Andorra
4
57
New Zealand
4
58
United Kingdom
4
59
Ghana
4
60
Argentina
4
61
Trinidad and Tobago
4
62
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
4
63
France
4
64
Palau
4
65
Timor-Leste
4
66
Estonia
4
67
Spain
4
68
Tuvalu
4
69
Croatia
4
70
South Africa
4
71
Indonesia
4
72
Bahamas, The
4
73
India
4
74
Ecuador
4
75
Ireland
4
76
Taiwan
4
77
Iceland
4
78
Israel
4
79
Gambia, The
3
80
Montenegro
3
81
North Macedonia
3
82
Solomon Islands
3
83
Albania
3
84
Fiji
3
85
Kenya
3
86
Poland
3
87
Kosovo
3
88
Tunisia
3
89
Philippines
3
90
Vanuatu
3
91
Peru
3
92
Senegal
3
93
Sri Lanka
3
94
Guyana
3
95
Malawi
3
96
Honduras
3
97
Botswana
3
98
Papua New Guinea
3
99
Bhutan
3
100
Tonga
3
101
Mexico
3
102
Brazil
3
103
Dominican Republic
3
104
Samoa
3
105
Paraguay
3
106
Nigeria
2
107
Guatemala
2
108
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2
109
Hungary
2
110
Turkiye
2
111
Madagascar
2
112
Cote d'Ivoire
2
113
Iraq
2
114
Maldives
2
115
Georgia
2
116
Armenia
2
117
Guinea-Bissau
2
118
Sierra Leone
2
119
Zambia
2
120
Liechtenstein
2
121
Mauritania
2
122
Serbia
2
123
Malaysia
2
124
Algeria
1
125
Singapore
1
126
Thailand
1
127
Zimbabwe
1
128
Mozambique
1
129
Ethiopia
1
130
Comoros
1
131
Benin
1
132
Pakistan
1
133
Tanzania
1
134
Bangladesh
1
135
Burundi
1
136
Haiti
1
137
Togo
1
138
Morocco
1
139
Uganda
1
140
Kazakhstan
0
141
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0
142
Oman
0
143
Nicaragua
0
144
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0
145
Niger
0
146
South Sudan
0
147
Myanmar
0
148
Russian Federation
0
149
Mali
0
150
Monaco
0
151
Eswatini
0
152
Libya
0
153
Lebanon
0
154
Lao PDR
0
155
Kuwait
0
156
Syrian Arab Republic
0
157
Cambodia
0
158
Kyrgyz Republic
0
159
Chad
0
160
Jordan
0
161
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0
162
Tajikistan
0
163
Turkmenistan
0
164
Hong Kong SAR, China
0
165
Rwanda
0
166
Equatorial Guinea
0
167
Guinea
0
168
Gabon
0
169
Eritrea
0
170
Egypt, Arab Rep.
0
171
Djibouti
0
172
Cuba
0
173
Congo, Rep.
0
174
Congo, Dem. Rep.
0
175
Cameroon
0
176
China
0
177
Uzbekistan
0
178
Central African Republic
0
179
Venezuela, RB
0
180
Brunei Darussalam
0
181
Viet Nam
0
182
Belarus
0
183
Bahrain
0
184
Burkina Faso
0
185
Azerbaijan
0
186
Yemen, Rep.
0
187
United Arab Emirates
0
188
Angola
0
189
Afghanistan
0
190
Saudi Arabia
0
191
Sudan
0
192
Qatar
0
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